Top Pick Albums 1982

Yesterday the single songs, today the albums that I picked in 1982. I'm not sure if they would all be the same choices if I was picking them today, but this is what I picked back then. Like usual, all albums I owned (still own) and listened to and played a lot. It's my top ten albums and the top songs from them for the first ten choices. I rounded it out with my second choice of each album for the second ten. alooking back, some are hits and some didn't go anywhere on the charts, but that's what I thought was good then. As representative, I include the cover of Scorpions on this post, but all the covers are available to you. Not as good as the Love Drive cover, but interesting enough.

Top Albums Pick 1982

01 Scorpions - Blackout

02 Toto - Africa

03 The Motels - Only The Lonely

04 Prince - Little Red Corvette

05 Roxy Music - More Than This

06 Asia - Heat Of The Moment

07 Michael Jackson - Beat It

08 Nina Hagen - Born In Xixax

09 Frank Zappa - Valley Girl

10 Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap

11 Toto - Rosanna

12 The Motels - So L.A.

13 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

14 Prince - 1999

15 Kate Bush - There Goes A Tenner

16 Nina Hagen - Cosma Shiva

17 Frank Zappa - No Not Now

18 Asia - Cutting It Fine

19 Roxy Music - Avalon

20 Scorpions - Can't Live Without You

Top Pick 1982

The last Thursday of the month, so I am posting my Top picks of the year 1982. Like the previous Top picks, these are my favorite songs from the year. They didn't have to be released as a single and most likely very few if any were, but I really have no idea since I haven't ever checked. Tomorrow I will post my favorite albums of the year. I do not believe that I picked any songs here that will duplicate tomorrow, nor even appear on the albums. Some of these tracks on today's pick did come from great albums, however. I went back and forth then about which I used. Frankly, I think it was a toss up for a few. A couple only appeared on EP's but they were all good.

Top Pick 1982

01 Stranglers - Golden Brown

02 Fun Boy Three with Banarama - It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)

03 British Electric Foundation featuring Paula Yates - These Boots Are Made For Walking

04 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

05 Masami Tsuchiya - Rice Music

06 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go

07 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

08 Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not

09 ABC - Poison Arrow

10 The Cure - Let's Go To Bed

11 Visage - Damned Don't Cry

12 Flipper - Sex Bomb

13 Missing Persons - Words

14 Pop-O-Pies - Truckin'

15 Depeche Mode - See You

16 Lene Lovich - New Toy

17 The B-52's - Throw That Beat In A Garbage Can

18 Soft Cell - What

19 Go-Go's - We Got The Beat

20 Romeo Void - Never Say Never